Clothespin



C. A. M KU NE CLOTHES-PIN Filed Watch 28, 1924 INVEN TOR.

E. H. ITI KUNE W ATTORNEY Patented den. 26, T9255.

PATENT @FFTQE.

CLIFFORD A. MGKUNE, 033 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GLOTHESPIN.

Application filed March 28, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD A. MoKuNn, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San F rancisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothespins, of which the following is a specifics.- tion.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins and has particular reference to a pin adapted to be placed over a line. for grasping the article to be retained without allowing the article to come into contact with the line.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a clothes pin which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and one which will tightly grasp the clothes and thereby prevent the accidental displacement of the same.

Another object is to produce a clot-hes pin in which the gripping action is increased by the weight or pull of the article being held.

A still further object is to produce a device which will eliminate any danger of tearing the article being retained on the line.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved clothes pin,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

In the use of clothes pins, it is customary to lay the article to be retained over the clothes line and to then place a split pin or spring pressed pin over the article thereby grasping the line. It has been found, however, that this manner of attaching the article to the line results in frequent tearing, a wrapping of the article around the line and the soiling of the said article through contact with a dirty line.

T have, therefore, sought to provide a clothes pin which will overcome these dimculties, and now referring to the drawings Serial No. 702,636.

the numeral 5 designates the cross section of a line upon which my pins are adapted to be placed.

The pin embodies in its construction a downwardly curved member 6 which is formed of a bent wire, one end of wire terminating at 7, while the opposite end extends downwardly as shown at 8 and substantially parallel with the major portion of the member 6. This part 8 is provided at its lower end with a loop 9 from which point a wire extends downwardly on an incline as shown at 11, thence vertically downward as indicated at 12.

From this point a bridge piece 13 is formed having depressed portions 14: and 16 formed thereon. The wire is then bent vertically as shown at 17, thence inclined upwardly as shown at 18, thence through the loop 9, thus forming an eye, thence rearwardly as at 19 and coiled so as to form a loop 21, the free end of which is brought forwardly as at 22, thence at right angles as at 23, and then vertically as at 24 where it is flattened: as shown at 26.

A downwardly extending U-shaped portion 27 is now formed which is connected to a similar flat portion 28 which extends downwardly as at 29 and at right angles and terminates in a loop 31 which is coiled about the portion 22. This construction serves to form a spring having a hook adapted to engage the eye above described.

lln operation, the U-shaped portion is unhooked from the bridge portion after which the coil spring 21 serves to force the two mentioned portions apart. The article to be retained on the line is then laid over the U-shaped portion and the same returned to the portion shown in Figure l, which results in the article being carried under the U-shaped portion and over the bridge portion, while the downward pressure of the spring will cause a binding action which will securely hold the article against withdrawal or accidental displacement.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

point remote from said eye, said wire turt-her being bent to term a hook in substantial alignment with said eye and adapted to engage rid eye in such a manner as to r:on tact the depressed portions of said bridge portion, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLIFFORD A. MoKTTNE 

